TCP/IP over wireless links: performance evaluation

Author

Augé, Anna Calveras ; Aspas, Josep Paradells

Author_Institution

Dept. de Matematica Aplicada i Telematica, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

1755

Abstract

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a large extended transport protocol, mainly used in fixed networks. It works well in those networks in which the main cause of packet loss is congestion. Some mechanisms included in TCP optimise their use in this kind of networks. Today, Internet users need access it over wireless links in order to get this service anywhere they are. However, TCP does not work well in wireless environments where losses are due to high bit error rates (BER). We evaluate the end-to-end throughput of a TCP connection with a wireless link. First, we demonstrate the impact of high BER in TCP performance. Then, we evaluate the impacts of header compression

Keywords

Internet; bandwidth compression; data communication; data compression; error statistics; land mobile radio; packet radio networks; radio links; transport protocols; BER; Internet; TCP performance; TCP/IP; Transmission Control Protocol; bandwidth reduction; bit error rates; congestion; data transmission; fixed networks; header compression; mobile networks; packet loss; performance evaluation; throughput; transport protocol; wireless link; wireless links; Access protocols; Application software; Bit error rate; Computer network reliability; Electronic mail; IP networks; Mobile communication; TCPIP; Transport protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686057

Filename

686057